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Kiss Me, Kate
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Bella and Samuel Spewack
6th - 9th November 2024
Theatre Royal Winchester
Passions run high as leading lady Lilli Vanessi and her ex-husband, actor/director Fred Graham, battle onstage and off in a production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
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With romance, comedy, sophistication, and behind-the-scenes high jinks, Kiss Me, Kate combines the irreverent humour of four brilliant writers: Sam and Bella Spewack, Cole Porter and William Shakespeare. Musical numbers include "So In Love," "Wunderbar," "Tom, Dick or Harry," "Too Darn Hot," "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," "I Hate Men," "Always True to You (In My Fashion)" and "Another Op'nin, Another Show."
CAST LIST
Dramatis Personae
SHREW PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Fred Graham (Petruchio/Director)
Steven Lilly
Lilli Vanessi (Katherine)
Lucy Francis
Lois Lane (Bianca)
Olivia Conroy
Bill Calhoun (Lucentio)
Thom Jones
Harry Trevor (Baptista)
Peter Barber
SHREW ENSEMBLE CAST MEMBERS
Flynt Johnson (Gremio)
Jacob Hand
Riley Champagne (Hortensio)
Simon Meanwell-Ralph
Fred Davis (Ensemble Captain/Servant Nathaniel)
Charlie Amaro
Victor Duntiere (Servant Gregory)
Shannon Cronin
Lorenzo Fuller (Servant Philip)
Clare Houlford
Johan Cantello (Haberdasher)
Sophie Dosanjh
Don Mayo (Priest)
Cressida Bullough
Stan Rose (Innkeeper)
Gina Thorley-Hibberd
Noel Gordon (Dance Captain/Soloist)
Molly Moffitt-McGrath
Jean Houloose (Dancer/Soloist)
Funke Akiboye
Gay Lawrence (Dancer/Soloist)
Bethany Williams
Helen Rice (Dancer/Soloist)
Amarantha Fennell-Wells
Matilda Strazza (Dancer)
Bex Rungen
Jean Tachau (Dancer)
Kimberley James
Rudy Tone (Dancer)
Paige Elson
Ingrid Secretan (Dancer)
Emma Jayne Heywood
Jane Plough (Comedy Dancer)
Eve Downing
SHREW CREW MEMBERS
"Ol' Ma Hubbard" (Stage Door Keeper)
Marina Humphrey
Hattie La Qua (Miss Vanessi's Dresser)
Lou Greenfield
Paul Carr (Mr Graham's Dresser)
Matt McGrath
Ralph Wiseman (Stage Manager)
Jonathan Pratt
Dave Brown (Stagehand 1)
Lisa Atkins
Brian Black (Stagehand 2)
Charlotte Upfold
Tony Sparks (Lighting Man)
Cara Ward
Josephine Ribbon (Wardrobe Mistress)
Rachel Wells
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS
Gangster 1
Katie Hickson
Gangster 2
Suzanne Hall
Gen. Harrison Howell
Rob Preston
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